Robert Sacre

On Thursday, the Lakers added four new players, signing guard Lou Williams, forward Brandon Bass and rookie guard/forward Anthony Brown, while trading for center Roy Hibbert from the Indiana Pacers. The team managed to milk every drop out of the NBA's $70-million salary cap, getting help along the way from Hibbert, who waived $2.2 million of his trade bonus to join the Lakers. Hibbert was eligible to receive 15% of his $15.5-million salary for the coming season ($2.3 million), to be paid out by the Pacers. Instead the two-time All-Star will receive a bonus of just $78,185. His salary now counts as $15.6 million on the Lakers' books for the coming season, even if the Pacers...

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